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surface ofthe blind is removed and a better support obtained forythelangles of the `blind than with any hinge heretofore uNiTED STATES PATENN OFF CE Specification of Letters Patent No.

To all whom 'it may concern:

Be it known that I, SAMUEL M. RICHARD- soN, of the city and State of NewYork, have invented, made, and applied to use a Vcertain new and usefulImprovement in Blind-Hingesg and I do hereby declare that the followingis a full, clear, and exact description of the construction andoperation of the same, reference being had to the annexeddrawing,ymaking part of this specilication, wherein I have representedby a per- ,pective view my said invention as applie t0 a Venetian blind.i

In the construction of hinges for Venetian blinds it has been usualheretofore to form them out of three piecestwo of which are weldedtogether' in an L form, and the third piece is bent up to form an eye totake the hinge pin, and is welded onto the end of the L shaped piece.The hinges thus formed are screwed onto the outer `faces of the blinds,and are considered very far `from ornamental, in fact many attempts"have been made to dispense with these unsightly hinges, by the use ofwhat `are termed the parliament butts, but these afford no support tothe angles of the blind frames, and

hence where a butt hinge is used the hori` zontal stiles of the blindsrequire to be very Wide.

The nature of my said invention consists in forming the eye of the hingeatthe end of a strap that is bent at right angles to receive andsecurely connect the angles of the blind by inclosing the outer edgesthereof at the angle,ithereby the unsightly hinge on Jlie i blindheretofore `used 1s 26,375, datednecember e,`q1s59. i

constructed, my said hingecombining a y th advantages of -janglefironsand butt hin making a neat" hand "me finish,V lan hinge iskept asmnc outof t as sible. y 33 In the drawingm ,represen a window frame `orcasinlgon hinge b, carrying the pin 0,@ any usual or convenient mann r y d isthe eye of my improve inge` forme by bending up theend of` the wrought istrap e, which pisweldedfto :cru formed o the strap `of iron forming theang 1f g. It will now be Seenfthatgthefparts fg, ceive, inclose andstronglyconnect hev tical and horiiontalstilesxofthe blin at the innertop'and bottoinl angles, so h the joints of thewoodyatytheselparts canot separate, and "hencejthe" blind cannot `"sag y lose its proper shape,andthe objection le` and unsightly stra-p" theusurfacefof n ovedf f WhatI claim as my invention"and"l esire to secure by Letters `Patentisfa thet dp y y @tirannia-riens@ WTitnesses:` i

LEMUEL SEBLRELL,I Trios` Gmo. `lIAnonD". 3 i

